And along the bay. The heavier part of the storms came through the western suburbs first and moved through. Thats where we find jay korff in stormwatch7. We still have rain but no wild stuff, jay. Jay that is correct. We are on 495 southbound. When we first hit this front as it came through, the winds were picking up a lot of heavy rain. The visibility was way down. As you have been reporting by the time we were able to turn around and head back the system had moved past in front of us. Im not sure if this is rush hour traffic or if this is as an effect of the heavy pounding rains we had. As you can see in front of us the traffic is really, really bad. If you take a look at the roof camera you can see behind us, plenty of traffic behind us with the wind not that bad right n that rain really pounded us coming through the d. C. Region. Reporting live from inside stormwatch7, jay korff, abc7 news. Doug thanks. We are back again with a closeup of the heavy storms between now and 5 30. They will go through the Eastern Suburbs to the bay. It might take longer in the southern fringe as the storms move east and southeast, too. In this area, st. Charles is getting it right now. Then more to leonardup to across northern st. Marys county. Chesapeake Ranch Estates on the southern tip of calvert here is coming up at 5 46. And we are almost through it but not quite. That is the latest from the weather center. Alison thank you very much for that. We have breaking news out of cleveland right now where chaos has broken out at the Republican National convention. Antitrump protesters erupted in yelling and chanting as you can see here. Our the newsroom. What is going on . Jonathan it didnt get ugly but it got interesting. They rejected a vote on the rules. This brought response from the antitrump protesters. They were chanting roll call vote and usa on the floor. Is it calmer now but the video from earlier, they were yelling and it was getting loud in there. If the roll call change passed it would have been a minor incremental step toward unbinding pledged delegates now committed to voting for donald trump but would likely lead to a vote for another cant date. That is their hope. That is why they wanted the roll call vote. If it happened. It didnt. It could have led to changes from the rules package passed earlier today. Obviously we will stay on top of this. It will bring you updates as soon as they are available. At 7 00, on every night this week to leading up to thursday on the convention floor. Im jonathan elias, abc7 news. Leon this could be an unpredictable week. We continue our Team Coverage with abcs marci gonzalez. Marci before the music and the speeches this convention will come to order. Marci the Republican NationalConvention Opening with a moment of silence. Remembering the three Police Officers killed in yesterdays marci outside the Convention Hall in cleveland [chanting] protesters peacefully marching. I hope that whoever the nominee will be this time will in fact win over the delegates. Marci inside, antitrump delegates still promising to try to disrupt trumps nomination. They have no chance of succeeding but it will be a distraction. They can continue to take away from the unity that the ticket here wants to project. Marci absent from the convention prominent member of the party, including john kasich. But they dismiss this saying they are part of the past and the convention is about the future. Marci gonzalez, abc news, cleveland. Alison thank you. As we mentioned security is very tight for this big event. Even more so after the recent tragedies in the country and all over the world. Abc7s chief correspondent scott thuman continues with that part of the story. Scott make america safe again. Not great again, but safe again. That is the theme of the Republican National convention and its as timely as it could be from the recent ambushes on the Police Officers, terror attacks overseas. Few topics drive the election as much as this. Between the miles of barricades thousands of men and women in blue there is no dismissing the mountain of worry. What is your level of security about the convention . Its high. They were not peacefully protesting. Scott the antipolice sentiment seems to be growing and the police union leader. The president shouldnt walking a fine line. He should denounce black lives matter and the false narrative out there. It validates the false narrative out there and causes the incint president obama we dont need scareless accusations thrown around to score political points. Scott that fear factor could drive voters to Donald Trumps camp. I am the law and order candidate. Scott from the latest attack in east france, the airport in turkey and closer to home in orlando the growing concerns is something that republicans think increase their odds this fall. People have to decide who they trust with the national security. Peter brooks, the former deputy of defense. This is aways on peoples minds. It may not be the top issue such as often the economy but terrorism comes below that. We are living in dangerous times. Scott how is it affecting the election so far . Hillary clinton was up 5045 when asked who they trusted the most for terror . But now its flipped. Donald trump up in cleveland, scott thuman, abc7 news. Alison abc7 will offer indepth coverage throughout the convention all week. Watch all the events live on wjla. Com. Each night at 7 00 on our sister station. Newschannel8 will have an hourlong special with analysis from all sides. Scott thuman will lead our team from cleveland. Leon lets get to the latest on the developing story out of baton rouge, louisiana, where people are looking into the background of gavin long. He is the man who shot and killed three Police Officers in baton rouge. They are focusing on what he posted online before carrying out the killings. So far investigators dont have any idea of a motive to help them find out what caused the former marine to snap. Authorities can say for certain that gavin long was targeting members of Law Enforcement purposefully. We have the latest now from baton rouge. There is no doubt whatsoever that the officers were intentionally targeted and assassinated. Reporter investigators are shooting spree that took the lives of three officers was a planned ambush. What they are trying to understand is why this man gavin eugene long, a former sargent in the marines who served in iraq and was hon ably discharge honorably discharged went on an ambush on his 29th birthday. Long came from his home in kansas city a few days ago. They believe he recently filed paperwork to change his name and pledged himself to a black Extremist Movement posting this video after officers were killed in dallas. Most of the times when you want peace you have to go to war. Reporter police say he had a rifle and semiautomatic pistol. He was dressed all in black. He went around to the back of the car. The officer literally on our drivers side of t shooting over us. Reporter three officers died on the scene. Brad garafola, Matthew Gerald and jacqui jeras. Jacqui and montrell jackson. Jacksons uncle remembering him today. The governor praising all t officers who respond and saying that the shooter was an outsider who came to do harm to their community. Reporting from baton rouge, abc news. Leon back now to our region for the third time. A judge exonerated a Baltimore Police officer accused in freddie grays death. This is the highest officer in the case, brian rice. He faced many charges including man lager but now the head of the union is demanding the charges be dropped against the remaining officers. Alison it was during a Law Enforcement confer rouge Police Officers and Louisiana State police first heard about the shooting. The d. C. Bureau chief sam ford is in northwest washington with reaction from the conference now underway. Sam . Sam we rat we are at the hotel where noble, the National Organization of black Law Enforcement executives are, and they were hit hard by what happened in baton rouge. Law enforcement officials from around the country are at the conference including baton rouge where three officers were killed yesterday. Reginald brown knew the officer garafola. Loving, caring and take the shirt off his back to give to you. Sam rocked by recent violent incidents they came idea on training. It was cops talking to cops insisting they have to do better. Improve trust as the chief of birmingham, alabama. We talk about building trust. It cant just be the organization. Sam take it seriously. A lot of cops say this is stuff. Make sure that the reasonable threat is threat. What if my perceptions are not reporter not reasonable . Sam but in the background is dallas, baton rouge. We want to see peace, harmony and better relationship between the community and the Law Enforcement. Whether the shraf office, the the Sheriff Office, the city or the state police. Sam they are observing the 40th anniversary this year, which must be on the organization began. Reporting from northwest washington, im sam ford, abc7 news. Alison okay, sam. Thank you very much. Still to come on abc7 news at 5 00 making your commute home easier. The announcement today by Governor Hogan that many have been waiting for. Leon emotional words from a family of a local teenager who stepped on a homemade explosive in central park. Sending a team to montreal for commercial airport training. When you dont have a commercial airport. Im chris papst. Coming up, a countys decision now being questioned. Alison we are continuing to track the Severe Weather that moved in the area. Doug hill with much more on that after the leon i66 in virginia, newschopper7 over the scene of a tractor Trailer Crash under the result 15 overpass in haymarket. The big rig struck a guardrail, crashed and caught fire. The trailer was loaded with tomatoes that spilled out all over the road. The driver wasnt hurt but was charged with reckless driving. New information tonight on the virginia teen who lost portion of his leg in an explosi new york central park. The father of connor golden says that his family is overwhelmed by the help they have gotten since his son was injured. The 18yearold has undergone three operations. Terrorism is not suspected but police are looking for the person who left behind a bag of homemade fireworks in the park. Golden jumped on the bag while visiting the park on july 3. Alison Maryland Governor larry hogan is promising help for those constantly stuck in one of the nations worst bottlenecks. Today he pledged 230 million to reduce traffic along the heavy congested i270 corridor. 130 million is for interchange at atkins mill road to reduce traffic on the street. The other 100 million is for ideas on how to solve the i270 congestion. We dont want to put the cart before the horse. We are putting up 100 million to try to attract the best ideas from transportation innovators and companies all the best ideas. Its not what i want to see. Its what the best ideas are. We will figure it out when we get the proposal. Alison the proposals are due in january. I270 carries upward of 260,000 vehicles a day. That number is expected to increase by 30,000 over the next 20 years. Leon traffic is bad on a normal day out there on 270. Imagine what its like now after the rain. Alison i had family coming in during the storm. They were directed richmond. I think they will take off again. It was a mess. Doug this is moving out quickly. The storms are fast movers. This is a while ago. This is a shelf cloud that is preceding the line of heavy storms for virginia, district, maryland. The storms continue to push off the when the storms were in virginia they were more intense. 66mileperhour wind gust. 52mileperhour gust in leesburg. Childrens hospital, 48mileperhour gust. Most gusts are mid40s. A number of reports and we will share a couple of them on trees down and the local damage and effect from the storm. We have one existing area in yellow over prince georges county, anne arundel, for another ten minutes or so under a warning. I think once the storms reach the bay, the entire western shore of the bay will be dropped from the severe thunderstorm watch. Its a fast mover. The intensity is diminishing. Heaviest part, its through. Once it goes through the potential for the heavy weather is it. It is east. Individual storms here and there south and west makes their way southeast as well. These are the storm reports this afternoon. Dozen, dozen and a half of them. Report of one, up in the adams morgan area. Barrys place. Report of trees down in the 700 block there. That is one of numerous report of trees down. Many on the vehicles, some on houses. No report of serious damage. There is the severe thunderstorm watch. We will see the southern end clear out shortly. Good to go. Couple storms tonight could run through the middle pennsylvania and the Northern Neck of virginia. Then the skies will clear out. Just a chance of a storm tomorrow. The conditions will improv through the day. Good news for the citi open tomorrow. Good play in tomorrow. Chance of isolated thunderstorm in tamp or evening. In the innocence seven days we will get a break in the next seven days we will get a break. Its still hot. Upper but look what happens for saturday, sunday, monday, tuesday. 95. 99 on saturday. 96 on sunday. 95 on monday. The humidity levels will creep up as well. Alison of course they will. All right. Well prepared i guess. Thank you. Leon thanks, doug. Alison on screen violence. Of course its a constant concern for parents. Leon what are moms and dads to do when they have access to screens wherever they go . We tell you what medical experts are now saying about that. Scott im scott taylor live in Montgomery County. At 4 00 we told you we are trying to get our hands on video of a missing dad. We have the video. You wil hey hows it going, hotcakes . Hotcakes. This place has hotcakes. So why arent they selling like hotcakes . With comcast Business Internet and wifi pro, they could be. Just add a customized message to your wifi pro splash page and youll reach your customers where their eyes are already on their devices. Order up. Its more than just wifi, it can help grow your business. You dont see that every day. Introducing wifi pro, wifi that helps grow your business. Comcast business. Built for business. Squuuuack, lets feed him lets feto the sharks sharks yay and take all of his gold and take all of his gold ya and hide it from the crew ya. . Squuuuack, theyre all morons anyway i never said that. They all smell bad too. No you all smell wonderful i smell bad if youre a parrot, you repeat things. Its what you do. If you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. Its what you do. Squuuuack, its what you do. Leon in the District Police are searching for the person or people who shot people traveling northbound. The man is in Critical Condition and the woman is expected to survive. The shots may have come from another vehicle but so far the police have no suspects or motive in this case. Alison right now a local family is pleading for help because their father is missing. Its been close to three weeks since anyone has seen idris sesay. Scott taylor spo with the family. What are they saying about this . He disappeared. I want to give you a good look at him. Here he is. He has a little 5yearold daughter who really wants you to help bring daddy home. Olga and her 5yearold daughter is trying their best to stick to their daily routine in Silver Spring which clouds packing a lunch which includes packing a lunch for school and coloring. The little girls father, 39yearold idris sesay vanished 19 days ago in Montgomery County. I dont have him being the type to just take off and not keep in touch with his daughter. He loves his daughters more than anything in the world. Reporter they share two beautiful daughters in a 20year relationship. They split a year ago and idris now lives in lanham. Olga and the girls last saw him june 29 at their home when like clockwork, daddy picked up his two daughters for a visit. This text to a friend about work on july 4th was the last one sent from something happened to him. Scott the Montgomery County police are investigating him and will add idris name to National Missing list. He never missed time with his daughters. He was well liked at his remodeling job and then vanished. If you are out there, whatever it is, we can fix it. Just come home to your kids. Please. Just really hard on them. Forget whatever else is going on, you need to come home. Scott we put idris picture and also that video you just saw all over twitter so please tonight take a look. If you have seen him, there is a couple of daughters that really want their dad home. Please can the police. Scott scott taylor, abc7 news. Alison a dangerous intersection in Montgomery County is a scene of another death for bicyclists and people are demanding action. That is coming up after the break. Leon why marylands governor larry hogan is not at the Republican National convention. 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